Artist: Luke Jerram (GB)
Location: St Petri
Experience the fragile beauty of our planet through a breathtaking six-meter-diameter sculpture adorned with detailed NASA imagery. As you gaze upon this floating world, it becomes a mirror, capturing the delicate balance between humanity and nature.
And every glance brings us a reminder – we are stewards of this shared home, and we have a responsibility toward one another beyond borders and generations.
A specially made sound composition by BAFTA award winning composer Dan Jones is played alongside the sculpture.
About the Artist:
Luke Jerram’s multidisciplinary practice involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live arts projects. Living in the UK but working internationally since 1997, Jerram has created a number of extraordinary art projects which have excited and inspired people around the world. In 2023 alone, he had over 115 exhibitions in 27 different countries, visited by more than 3 million people.
Program in the Petri Church
Date and time
Event
20th January 19.00-21.00
Hospitality – Together for peace
Hospitality – together for peace, brings people together and invites dialogue across age, ethnicity, and beliefs. The Director of the Nobel Peace Center, Kjersti Fløgstad, will give an opening speech, and representatives of 10 religions will each read their version of the Golden Rule. A simple meal will be served in the church for 100 people. The band “Diamus” will perform songs and music.
The audience will have the opportunity to experience the event from the church balconies.
The event is a collaboration between the Glød Light Festival and Stavanger Cathedral and St. Petri Parish, Kirkelig dialogsenter and Ostehuset.
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21st January 19.00-20.00
Lecture about Dag Hammarskjöld
“This man has kept the peace of the world almost single-handedly.”
These are the words of John Steinbeck in a letter to the painter Bo Beskow, referring to their mutual friend and then-UN Secretary-General. Who was Dag Hammarskjöld, and what was his mission? In this lecture, Olaf Eggestad offers a fresh perspective on Hammarskjöld’s personality and expertise, as well as his reflections recorded in Vägmärken. Dag Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953, until his sudden death in a plane crash in 1961.
Olaf Eggestad is a pianist and musicologist who has engaged with Hammarskjöld’s life and thought for several decades.
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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22nd January 18.00-19.00
Concert with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
The music chosen to fill St Petri is carefully selected to enhance the atmospheric experience alongside GAIA. It invites wonder, quiet reflection, and Nordic melancholy. It allows for light and shadow, emphasizing the beauty in the delicate and fragile. Quiet, yet powerful.
The concert is a gift from the Stavanger Symphonic Orchestra to the city’s residents and the Glød Light Festival. It is easily accessible for audiences who may not be accustomed to listening to classical music.
Welcome to a concert with the Earth as a backdrop.
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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22nd January 20.00-21.00
Concert with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
The music chosen to fill St Petri is carefully selected to enhance the atmospheric experience alongside GAIA. It invites wonder, quiet reflection, and Nordic melancholy. It allows for light and shadow, emphasizing the beauty in the delicate and fragile. Quiet, yet powerful.
The concert is a gift from the Stavanger Symphonic Orchestra to the city’s residents and the Glød Light Festival. It is easily accessible for audiences who may not be accustomed to listening to classical music.
Welcome to a concert with the Earth as a backdrop.
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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25th January 17.00-18.00
“The Planets” – Organ concert
The Earth – the center of existence or a small planet in an infinite universe?
The concert offers music inspired by celestial objects, the infinite, and the eternal, including excerpts from Bent Lorentzen’s suite “The Planets.”
Organ: Ingrid Berg Tobiassen and Arnfinn Tobiassen
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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28th January 21.00-22.00
“The Planets” – Organ concert
The Earth – the center of existence or a small planet in an infinite universe?
The concert offers music inspired by celestial objects, the infinite, and the eternal, including excerpts from Bent Lorentzen’s suite “The Planets.”
Organ: Ingrid Berg Tobiassen and Arnfinn Tobiassen
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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1st February 18.00-19.00
Ukrainian vocal ensemble
“Mrija” & Liudmyla Shorosheva
Experience the magical power of Ukrainian folk music with “Gaia”!
“Mrija” is a Ukrainian choir that takes us on an emotional journey through Ukraine’s rich musical heritage. With passion and skill, the vocal ensemble performs songs that have been sung for generations.
Liudmyla Shorosheva is a renowned performer in Ukraine on the ancient Ukrainian ethnic instrument, the kobza. Before coming to Norway in 2022, she worked as an associate professor at the National Music of Academy of Ukraine and performed as a soloist in the National Folk Orchestra.
Glød Light Festival encourages support for the Ukrainian Association in Rogaland and their work to help Ukraine and Ukrainians in Rogaland.
If you’d like to contribute, you can send a donation via Vipps to #513112
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
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1st February 20.00-21.00
Ukrainian vocal ensemble
“Mrija” & Liudmyla Shorosheva
Experience the magical power of Ukrainian folk music with “Gaia”!
“Mrija” is a Ukrainian choir that takes us on an emotional journey through Ukraine’s rich musical heritage. With passion and skill, the vocal ensemble performs songs that have been sung for generations.
Liudmyla Shorosheva is a renowned performer in Ukraine on the ancient Ukrainian ethnic instrument, the kobza. Before coming to Norway in 2022, she worked as an associate professor at the National Music of Academy of Ukraine and performed as a soloist in the National Folk Orchestra.
Glød Light Festival encourages support for the Ukrainian Association in Rogaland and their work to help Ukraine and Ukrainians in Rogaland.
If you’d like to contribute, you can send a donation via Vipps to #513112
The event is a collaboration between Glød Light Festival and the Cathedral and St. Petri Parish.
→ Ticket
